Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-11
General State News.

E. StWeges, supeIlntenoenG or the west Stratford Horse Car company, has invented 6 hame fastener for use on his road for which New York company has offered $5,O00.
 CONNECTICUT PENSIONERS.
 A dispatch from Washington announces new pensioners in Connecticut as follows: Anisnou C., widow of Dominic Starr, New London; Charles H. Wilcox, Danbury; Will liam Fletcher, Scitico; George W. Simmons, Ashford.
 The following were elected directors of the Middletown Schuyler Electric Light company at it's annual meeting: D. Ward Northrop, H. R. Butler, J. P. Stow, W. O. Atwater, 0. R. Lewis, William H. Burrows and H. L. Mansfield.
 HARTFoRD's PosToFFICE.
 The postoffice building is to be lighted with incandescent lights, furnished by the Hartford Electric Light company. There will be 300 lights in the building. The same company is about to put seventy lights in the house of the Hartford club.
 THE sPIRITUALIsTs' CAMP.
 The Spiritualists' camp at Mantle opened Friday and there will be two months of busy life in the cottages among the rustiing pines. The Spiritualist colony is growing larger year by year. but there are many cottages on the grounds which are owned outside of the fra ternity.
 THE OLIVER HoYT ESTATE.
 The inventory of the estate of the late Hon. Oliver Hoyt, of Stamford, has been probated. It foots up $113,000. This in- cluding all property of which he died pos sessed, except money invested in the New York business. His charitable bequests amount to $10O,000.
 MIR. BAcoN's NEW OFFICE.
 Ex-Railroad Comm issioner John ". Ba- ar-oa IaI 41a7 ek 1rv MT. Seymour of Ridgefeld, gets a new office. He has been appointed engineer to the Asylum street bridge commission at Hartford to inspect the work on the crossing and to audit the accounts.
 A BAD FALL.
 Michael McGee, 8 mason employed in working on the new building now being erected by the Russell Manufacturing com pany at Sanseer, South Farms district, Mid dletown, while engaged in helping move large stick of timber lost his hold of it and fell to the ground. He had one of his hips broken, one arm and several ribs, and was hurt internally. He was taken to the Hart ford hospital.
 ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
 Duane Rising of Long Yard, a man of con- siderable property, attempted suicide on Monday by hanging himself, but was pre- vented. On Tuesday he took 8 dose of Paris
  called, but the man refused to have anything done for him, as he had firmly made up his mind to die. He had been on spree for week or more. He was 49 years old and leaves wife and three children, two living at home, third being married.
 WICKED TRAMP.
 A tramp yesterday had the audacity to go into Mrs. Herod Browns barn on Lake street, New Britain, appropriated pair of pants be- longing to the hired man and put them on, leaving his old ones in their stead. Next he went to Stevens barn, pried open 8 closet door with pitchfork and helped himself to a coat, revolver and 25c. in money. The tramp is now languishing in jail, and will spend the summer there and part of the fall, which keeps him in durance vile during all the prime season for tramping.
 AT NIANTIc.
 Colonel Morgan, assistant quartermaster general, went to Mantle Friday to take 8 look at the camp. He makes occasional visits for the good of the State. The remov- al of the battery barn to 8 line with the mess houses has left the parade clear back of the colors. A new barn has been built, but the hospital talked of last year and put down for one of the brightest sites in camp-just in front of the private grand stand of 1S86- has not yet materialized. There are other minor improvements, either realized or in contemplation.
 ACTIVITY IN BRIDGEPORT FACTORIES.
 There is considerable activity among sever- al of the large manufacturing concerns in Bridgeport and increased facilities are being provided very rapidly. The enlargement at the Eaton, Cole & Burnham works; the new factory, foundry, etc., at the forge works; the extensive addition to the plant of the great Union Metallic Cartridge company; the completion of the new Crucible works and other similar enlargements will it is calcu- lot oIya f0r ha nrrayo of from 800 to 1000 additional hands before the winter of 1887 8 sets in.
 A MAIL POUCH ROBBERY AT THE HARTFORD
 DEPOT.
 HARTFORD, July 1O.-No clue has yet been obtained to the thief who stole the mail pouch at the depot Friday night, although the inspector and the police have been hard at work. The robbery was very cleverly done. On the arrival of the south-bound Washington express on the New York and New England railroad at 10:30 last night the regular Boston pouch was thrown from the mail car. This is made up of letters mailed at Willimantie addressed to Boston parties and is transferred in this city to the owl train east on the Consolidated road. Mail Agent Mather placed the pouch on truck with other pouches and as several depot men were near the truck he went into the waiting room for lunch. When he returned in a few minutes the pouch was missing. After a search about the depot the empty pouch was found under some cars on 8 siding, it having been cut and the letters removed. Scattered on the ground were the letters with the ends of the envelopes torn off.
 Penalties of Imprudence.
 Summer is at hand-the time of year when old heads and young become imprudent, get overloaded, cool off suddenly, catch cold, headache, nervous disorders and thousand and one other troubles. Preaching prudence is played out. The only thing to do is-af-